eldercaren.
/ˈɛldəkɛː/, U.S. /ˈɛldərˌkɛ(ə)r/ Originally and chiefly U.S.
Care of the elderly. In earlier use: spec. a scheme proposed in the United States in the 1960s for providing healthcare to the elderly.
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1960 Washington Rep. Med. Sci. 9 May 1 (headline) Eldercare enveloped by politics—the issue of health services for the aging is nearing white heat stage.
1965 Times 23 Mar. 11/6 The American Medical Association, having amended its strategy for opposing President Johnson's medical care for the aged Bill, is now..offering a counter-proposal. This is an alternative to ‘Medicare’..popularly known as ‘Eldercare’.
1981 Mountain Democrat-Times (Placerville, Calif.) 2 Dec. b2/2 Rausch and her fellow workers in Eldercare have been described as a group of very special people, citizens who really care about the elderly.
2002 T. Shimoda Fourth Treasure (2003) 152 The grannies seemed ancient when Tina was a child, yet both were still alive, living in one of the elder-care homes in Japantown.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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